‘Air’ soars with St. Louis critics

Reitman pic nabs six nominations

St. Louis film critics are on cloud nine with “Up in the Air” as the Jason Reitman pic nabbed six nominations from the St. Louis Film Critics Association, including best feature, best actor for George Clooney, helming honors for Reitman and a set of best supporting actress noms for stars Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

Critics’ darling “The Hurt Locker” took home five noms from the org, including feature, director for Kathryn Bigelow, best actor for Jeremy Renner, screenplay and cinematography.

In addition to the usual round of awards, the kudos also include unique categories, including favorite scene, best comedy and most original film.

Winners of the St. Louis Film Critics Awards will be announced Dec. 21.

And the nominees are:

FILM“(500) Days of Summer”“An Education”“The Hurt Locker”“Invictus”“Precious”“Up”“Up in the Air”

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (Must open in St. Louis this year)“The Baader-Meinhof Complex”“Coco Before Chanel”“The Maid”“Red Cliff”“Sin Nombre”“Treeless Mountain”

DOCUMENTARY“Anvil: The Story of Anvil”“Capitalism: A Love Story”“Food, Inc.”“Good Hair““Tyson”